Private Lives () is a South Korean television series starring Seohyun, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Hyo-jin, Kim Young-min, and Tae Won-seok. It aired on JTBC from October 7 to November 26, 2020 and is available for streaming worldwide on Netflix.
Synopsis The drama revolves around a group of swindlers who stumbles upon secret information that could harm the nation. Using their skills and conning techniques, they go up against a huge conglomerate to reveal a major "private life".
Cast Main Seohyun as Cha Joo-eun A 29-year-old veteran swindler who doesn't like a hard and nasty life. She is a woman who manipulates her own private life. Since her school days, she has contributed greatly to her family business as a life-type swindler. Go Kyung-pyo as Lee Jung-hwan GK Technology Development Team 2's Team Manager. He is a man who threw his private life among crooks to live. He actually runs a detective agency named Spy Detective Agency. Unaware of Joo-eun's private life, Jung-hwan asks her to marry him with a trembling heart, and the marriage of the two goes in a flurry. Kim Hyo-jin as Jeong Bok-gi/Sophia Chung A former announcer by the name of Jeong Yoon-kyung. She is a woman who uses other people's private lives. When everyone in her country tried to kill her, only Jae-wook reached out a helping hand. She was reborn as a swindler conqueror by holding hand with Jae-wook Kim Young-min as Kim Jae-wook/Edward Kim A swindler from GK Technology. He is a man who tramples on other people's private lives.
Supporting People around Cha Joo-eun Park Sung-geun as Cha Hyun-tae, Joo-eun's father Song Seon-mi as Kim Mi-sook, Joo-eun's mother Tae Won-seok as Hanson, Joo-eun's mentor. He was once a boxer and a gangster. He is Mi-sook and Joo-eun's fraud partner. Jang Jin-hee as Jang Min-jung, Joo-eun's best friend who she met at Cheongpa Women's Prison. Min-jung used to run an illegal gambling place for women in Hwaryu. Yoo Hee-je as Park Tae-joo Yoon Sa-bong as Yang In-sook, retired police officer who has a soft spot for Joo-eun Kim Seo-won as President Nam
People around Lee Jung-hwan Kim Min-sang as Kim Sang-man, director of Strategic Planning at GK Technology Kim Ba-da as Woo Seok-ho, team leader of GK Electronics Strategic Planning Division 2 Jang Won-hyuk as Choi Yoon-seok/Choi Min-seok, a genius hacker who works at a local computer repair shop called PC Graveyard Song Sang-eun as Go Hye-won, manager of the Spy Detective Agency
Police Lee Hak-joo as Kim Myung-hyun Park Sung-hoon as Jung Dae-sang Lee Yun-seol as Kang Soo-jin Yoon Jung-hoon as Park Kyung-seop Kwak Min-ho as Lee Min-kyu
Others Cha Soo-yeon as Oh Hyun-kyung, a lawyer at O&S Law Office Ha Young as Yoo Mi-young Min Ji-oh as Yoo Byeong-joon Lee Jae-eun as Ottu Restaurant employee Kong Yoo-seok as Jeong Bok-gi's chauffeur
Special appearances Han Kyu-won as Chief Park Jin-woo (Ep. 1-2) Kim Kang-il as criminal making deal (Ep. 1) Yoo Young-bok as Lee Jung-hwan's father (Ep. 2) Kim Joo-ah as Lee Jung-hwan's mother (Ep. 2)
Production The series marks Go Kyung-pyo's first acting role since his military discharge in January 2020 as well as Kim Hyo-jin's small screen comeback after 8 years.
The first script reading took place in April 2020 at JTBC Building in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.
The series was originally scheduled to premiere on September 16, 2020 but it was postponed to October 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ratings
+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Average audience share(Nielsen Korea) This links to the current day. You can select the date you are looking for from the drop-down menu. Nationwide Seoul 1 October 7, 2020 2.816% 2 October 8, 2020 2.235% rowspan=15 3 October 14, 2020 2.030% 4 October 15, 2020 1.952% 5 October 21, 2020 1.721% 6 October 22, 2020 1.491% 7 October 28, 2020 1.592% 8 October 29, 2020 1.970% 9 November 4, 2020 1.609% 10 November 5, 2020 1.487% 11 November 11, 2020 1.505% 12 November 12, 2020 1.913% 13 November 18, 20201.669% 14 November 19, 20201.608% 15 November 25, 2020 16 November 26, 2020 1.507% Average
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